Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1887-02-18
IN TOWN AND OUT.

| w w LIZ Ii. LAY ,, DlSInarCk, Tor Jew
elry, watches, repairing, etc.
FED Savage has been released frol
the penitentiary and is home again.
Miss Bessie McNiel will arrive at Will
iamsport about the last of this month.
Mrs. Wade has been so i'll during til
past week as to be confined to her bed
Miss Eva D. Campbell during the pas
week has been the guest of Miss Edna I
Connor.
Oscar II. Willis Northwestern grow
Seeds, Trees and Plants. Bismarcl
Greenhouse.
We learn that Miss Ella Yeater will
again become a resident of WILLIAMSON
in the spring.
Last Tuesday was the busiest day sine
New Year. A large number of people
were in town.
Mr.. E. G. Packer departed for the Cap
ital City Wednesday morning to receive
his carload of grain.
Little Miss Moliie Goodwin, of Bu
chanan, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Wash
Hawkes. for few days.
Leonard du Heaumc is now in the EN-
ploY of Sheriff Wade, helping to take
care of the Olsen cattle.
R. L. Durant s. Co., wholesale and re-
tail booksellers and stationers wall paper
| and music dealers. Bismarck, Oak.
Messrs. D. H. Yeater and William
Beard departed for the Capital City the
| first of the week with load OF hay each
Postmaster Armstrong has requested
the postmaster at Bismarck to send Roor
and Armstrong mail by way of Williams.
port hereafter.
tf Monday afternoon last Mr.. Jack Lloyd,
the Steele go-asyou-please mail-carricr,
made his isappearancel In Williamsport-the
first time in two weeks.
George Gussner, Central Block Market,
Bismarck, keeps the best assortment and
has the largest stock Of Fresh Meats and
Groceries in the city. Give him call.
GMr. Boards team became frightened
and ran away, but was captured by
Messrs. Roop and Bartholomew A team
| that will run away, with the snow foot
deep, must have been we'll fed this
winter
We believe the best horses for farm
use in North Dakota will be those graded
| up to medium weight from native pony
mares. They will be strong, active, and
as wonderfully hardy as their grand dams
or great grand dams.
G~The bright, clear weather of the past
day or two has been good for man and
beast. The RECoRD's old COW and cay.
uses put in most of the time summing
themselves on the stable roof. An &C.
commodating drift enables them to do it.
,> Tribune, 10Th +: G. II. Bumstsad, clerk
| OF court for Emmons county, notifies the
land Office that he has received notice OF
the intention OF twenty persons to make
final proof upon pre-e -emption claims on
the last day of March and the first two
days of April.
lE<After waiting about two weeks fol
Baron Munchausen and his mail l-bag Sat.
urday evening last Postmaster Roor
started Johnnie out as mail-carrier be
tween Roop aud Wiliamsport Regular
service between the two points is now
past conjecture.
" Farmer Kelly brought the RECORD fam
lily load of wood the other day. As we
had to dig the previous load out of eigh,
feet of snow, we concluded to sinch thi,
one Immediately. So 1t was carried up q
snow-bank sloping from the caves of oul
mansion and piled up on the roof.
Elkton Record: Were we legislato,
we would introduce bill necessitating
the placing of guide boards ON the cor
ner of every section, so that traveller on
the highway could tell where he was
This would save many curse, many
frozen hands and feet, and sometimes q
life. If we have such law, why moi
enforce 1T?
A young man was seen riding out OF
town the other day with two young Ia.
| dies. As the seat of the sled was short
the y. m. sat in the middle and curved
both arms for the purpose of holding on
his fair freight. On being praised TO,
his th0ughtfulness he said: 20, that's
nothing. If had 4 half-dozen arms
should be willing to use them all in the
same way"
Ayoung lady sat down on the counter al
Connors store, the other day, with such
force as to break of splinter from the
said counter. That's the kind of healthy
girls we have in Dakota. The boss OF
the store was 80 agltated by the occur.
renee that he expelled an innocent canine
quadruped from the store with 50 much
energy that for few days the animal
was obliged to use three legs instead OF
four during its rambles.
This winter Is demonstrating that cat
tie in Dakota must have shelter and
plenty of hay during the months when
there is deep snow fall. Where they have
been thus treated they are looking finely,
IN some cases being in fair beef condi.
ton. Some have fed straw principally
and their cattle are all right. As to ma
tive horses and ponies, they seem to be
iron clad A great many in this county